Heidi Tasker, 36, was scheduled to make her first court appearance Monday, but it was rescheduled for next week as she was ‘in a high state of distress,’ her attorney said.
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Etna woman charged with murder in boyfriend’s death
Police arrested Heidi Tasker, 36, on Friday and charged her in the death of Luke Norris, 41.
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Etna man ordered to pay $175,000 for stealing dead brother’s identity
Napoleon Gonzalez, 87, was given 5 months of probation and will not have to serve any time behind bars.
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Sydney King, Nokomis High School
Growing up working on a farm, Sydney King knew she wanted to go into the trades. King started working on her friend’s farm in Dixmont when she was 11 — planting, weeding and, when she was old enough, selling vegetables in a farm stand. And after a job shadow in her sophomore year at […]
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Etna man, 18, who threatened ‘Lewiston part two’ posed credible risk of violence, complaint says
Michael Bowden was arrested Sunday after he appeared to threaten to commit a shooting at the Walmart Supercenter in Palmyra, where he worked previously, and an internal investigation by the company deemed him a credible threat, according to a criminal complaint.
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Etna man arrested after threatening ‘Lewiston part two’ in social media photo, authorities say
Michael Bowden, 18, was arrested after sheriff’s officials say he posed with a bolt-action rifle and ammunition outside a Palmyra Walmart, threatening in a social media post to commit a mass shooting like the one last week in Lewiston.
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Unconventional high school course has Newport-area students hooked
Nokomis Regional High School has a philosophy of ‘doing high school differently,’ and it’s doing that with a new English elective in which students learn the art of fly-fishing.
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One face, two identities: The story of Napoleon Gonzalez
The Etna man, who says he once served time for faking his own death, was convicted last month of several counts of fraud for using his dead brother’s identity for more than half a century. This is how officials caught up with him.
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Maine man, 86, accused of assuming dead brother’s identity in 1965 convicted of several charges
A U.S. District Court jury in Bangor on Friday convicted an 86-year-old Etna man of charges including mail fraud, Social Security fraud, passport fraud and identity theft.
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St. Albans program brings disability awareness, joy of reading to schools
During March, individuals who participate in SKILLS, Inc.’s community support programs visited local elementary schools to read aloud and converse with students. These visits were made to foster community connections during National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. Students at Etna-Dixmont School in Etna and Somerset Elementary School in Hartland heard the book “A Dog and His […]